Debian Security Advisory

DSA-673-1 evolution -- integer overflow

Date Reported:

10 Feb 2005

Affected Packages:

evolution

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In the Bugtraq database (at SecurityFocus): BugTraq ID 12354.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2005-0102.

More information:

Max Vozeler discovered an integer overflow in a helper application inside of Evolution, a free groupware suite. A local attacker could cause the setuid root helper to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 1.0.5-1woody2.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 2.0.3-1.2.

We recommend that you upgrade your evolution package.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody)

Source:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution_1.0.5-1woody2.dsc; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution_1.0.5-1woody2.diff.gz; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution_1.0.5.orig.tar.gz
Alpha:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution_1.0.5-1woody2_alpha.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/libcamel-dev_1.0.5-1woody2_alpha.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/libcamel0_1.0.5-1woody2_alpha.deb
ARM:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution_1.0.5-1woody2_arm.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/libcamel-dev_1.0.5-1woody2_arm.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/libcamel0_1.0.5-1woody2_arm.deb
Intel IA-32:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution_1.0.5-1woody2_i386.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/libcamel-dev_1.0.5-1woody2_i386.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/libcamel0_1.0.5-1woody2_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution_1.0.5-1woody2_ia64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/libcamel-dev_1.0.5-1woody2_ia64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/libcamel0_1.0.5-1woody2_ia64.deb
Motorola 680x0:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution_1.0.5-1woody2_m68k.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/libcamel-dev_1.0.5-1woody2_m68k.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/libcamel0_1.0.5-1woody2_m68k.deb
PowerPC:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution_1.0.5-1woody2_powerpc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/libcamel-dev_1.0.5-1woody2_powerpc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/libcamel0_1.0.5-1woody2_powerpc.deb
IBM S/390:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution_1.0.5-1woody2_s390.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/libcamel-dev_1.0.5-1woody2_s390.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/libcamel0_1.0.5-1woody2_s390.deb
Sun Sparc:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution_1.0.5-1woody2_sparc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/libcamel-dev_1.0.5-1woody2_sparc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/libcamel0_1.0.5-1woody2_sparc.deb

MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.